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TORONTO -- The war of words raging in the Toronto Maple Leafs dressing room is threatening to tear apart the very fabric that holds the room together. It's pitting veteran against rookie. Center against defenseman. American against Canadian. Because they play in such a hockey-mad market, Maple

The few minutes of media access after a hard-fought game isn't usually the best time to get a young NHL player talking about something other than the contest he just played. You save those conversations for practice days or morning skates. But even coming off the heat of battle, Connor McDavid and

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- A picture was taken a couple of years ago in the Pittsburgh Penguins ' dressing room. One of the owners of the Penguins, Mario Lemieux , is in it. So, too, is the Penguins captain, Sidney Crosby . In the middle, flanked by one Hall of Fame center and one sure-fire Hall of Fame

As the 2016 World Cup winds down, we wondered: Was the eight-team, best-on-best tournament a triumph for the sport? ?Our writers offered their thoughts. Well, first off define "success." Did it make money for the National Hockey League and the players who organized the tournament? If it's true that

TORONTO -- Team Canada fought off its poorest performance of the World Cup of Hockey and found a way to edge Europe 3-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-three final Tuesday night. A masterpiece this was not. Whether it was because the Air Canada Centre was lifeless and the players got spooked, or perhaps

Patrick Kane or Brett Hull ? Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux ? Alex Ovechkin or Pavel Bure ? Every one of the six countries in the World Cup of Hockey (there are also two teams composed of players from two or more countries that aren't part of this exercise) has a rich heritage of players in its

Patrick Kane or Brett Hull ? Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux ? Alex Ovechkin or Pavel Bure ? Every one of the six countries in the World Cup of Hockey (there are also two teams composed of players from two or more countries that aren't part of this exercise) has a rich heritage of players in its

Patrick Kane or Brett Hull ? Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux ? Alex Ovechkin or Pavel Bure ? Every one of the six countries in the World Cup of Hockey (there are also two teams composed of players from two or more countries that aren't part of this exercise) has a rich heritage of players in its

University of Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma has a bedroom in the White House. Wait. What?! Auriemma and the Huskies have visited the executive residence with such regularity that President Barack Obama apparently suggested making the Hall of Fame coach a tenant. "He's been in